Tuesday, June 29, 2010

We adopted 9 little female chicks about 3 wks ago,and it was the best birthday surprise ever.This little "blackbird" above is Cheep Cheep.She couldnt walk at all when the girls picked her upawhile ago, but with Andrea's TLC, Cheep Cheepis running around like her other 8 sisters now.She wouldve ended up in the freezer destined to beAnaconda food in the near future. We are so happy she'salive and well with us in Paradise Valley.

We are building them a really fun and creative playpenwhich was formally just filled with some groundcover.This young sweet acacia needed to be trimmed back,and now it will also serve as a perch for the hens.

Monday, June 28, 2010

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

We've been pumping out a massive order placedby Organic Avenue this weekend...

Hand-crafting 1500 truffles takes WAY WAY WAYlonger than I ever imagined. We figure about100 truffles per hour when two people are rolling.When you know what BPM (balls per minute) means,you know you have crossed over to the other side.

Luckily though I love the two souls I work with!-And what a great mission to have.We feel so blessed to be partnered with Organic Avenue too...when we see the coverage they get with the pressand how professional they are we cant help but getboth excited and overwhelmed about where they are headed.

Since we are our own bosses, we can bring our ipodsinto our space and listen to great stuff aswe are making these little delights, and we'vecome across some great material.

Here's a gem- "One Man, One Cow, One Planet"

AWESOME VIDEO...Biodynamics will allow people to transitionto a closed loop (i.e. not having to BUY fertilzer at all)and HEALING agriculture system...if there is one.Food forests for sure. Anyways, Im off to take care of the gardenand all of our 9!!! baby chicks!

Saw this the other day...its funny, because I actually plant and encourage these plants.How many millions have these crappy companies made byscaring us away from TRULY healing plants?

A simple change of mentality...the idea of sprayingchemicals on ANYTHING in my space is insane to me.

I have a thick spread of poison ivy, and insteadof drenching the area with some evil chemmy brew,Im just trying to outplant it with red clover and willthen manually (the good ol' fashioned way) pull upthe remaining underground vines after a good rain.

My dad has sheep sorrel growing all over his shop area,and he kept thinking that he had to SPRAY it...Im disappointed in myself that I havent convinced himyet how idiotic that mentality is but anyways...I showed him that its indeed a tasty edible and now instead of apesky weed, he has a CROP. A simple change of mentality.

If your ecosystem is healthy, spraying is laughable.Its because humans have made it out of balance that oneinsect or plant will take the large gap and become the opportunist.Not their fault...they are just trying to survive in theecosystem they were born into. By introducing more biodiversity,nature simply balances itself out. Trust in her...always.

If you do have to immeadiately protect your plants,use a good garlic spray or neem oil. Works everytime.

Share the pic with others...Im sure most of you reading thiswouldnt be too keen on spraying your plants with chemmies,but the pic speaks a thousand words.Each one of those three plants are SUPERSTARSfor a healthy garden and ecosystem.And they are great for eating too...(eat clover FLOWERS).

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